TFWYH – Chapter 325 Cunning and Vengeful

As the village head’s son, Shen lad had been the local tyrant of Huanshan Village. When he was young, he often led a gang of village kids around, throwing his weight about. Naturally, he couldn’t stand Ling Yu’s lofty, untouchable demeanor.

So he’d caused Ling Yu no end of trouble.

But every single time, he came out on the losing end.

The worst incident was when he gathered a group of buddies to follow Ling Yu, planning to beat him up once Ling Yu was alone.

In the end, Ling Yu went up into the mountains—and then disappeared.

Those kids followed Ling Yu into the mountains and… got lost, trapped there for an entire night.

At night, the mountain winds howled eerily and wolves howled in the distance, scaring them so badly they nearly died on the spot.

After that night, the adults finally found them and brought them back. Several of the kids were so frightened that they were half out of their minds and didn’t recover for months.

From then on, Shen lad never dared to mess with Ling Yu again. Whenever he saw him, he detoured around him.

Afterward, he watched Ling Yu rise step by step—passing the child scholar exam and becoming “someone else’s child.”

Many village girls liked Ling Yu; even Chunhua, the girl he fancied, liked him too.

Angered by this, and forgetting just how terrifying this fellow was, he went to provoke him again.

He thought the man looked pretty like a woman, so he gathered a few brothers and plotted to sell him to a male brothel.

The result? He didn’t even know what had happened. When the procurer arrived, it was them who got sold instead.

He had clearly agreed on a price with the procurer beforehand, but once the man showed up, he had them all seized.

As for Ling Yu, he stood off to the side, smiling as he split the money with the procurer.

Only later did Shen lad learn that Ling Yu had not only promised the procurer an extra twenty percent in dirty money, but had also persuaded him that for the same amount of silver, buying one person wasn’t as good as buying a whole group…

As for whether they were good-looking—
there were only lazy men, never ugly men.

They were all fair-skinned, half-grown boys, and there were plenty of lecherous old clients who’d like them.

Ling Yu wasn’t even fourteen at the time!

In the end, if the brothel hadn’t caught fire, none of them would have been able to escape.

Thinking back, it was all tears. Because of Ling Yu’s existence, he, the village head’s son, had been crushed in every way and lived through a hellish childhood.

So later, in order to stay far away from this fellow, he found a girl in town and would rather marry into her family than stay in Huanshan Village.

Now, seeing Ling Yu again, Shen lad was once more crushed by fear. He forced a smile. “Long time no see. Heh heh… this is your wife?”

Ling Yu smiled and nodded. “Yes, my wife. Long time no see.”

Shen lad: …

No!

I don’t want to see you at all!

Tang Wan looked at him, then at Ling Yu, puzzled. “He’s really afraid of you.”

“How could that be?” Ling Yu’s smile grew even more gentle—and sinister. “Brother Shen, are you afraid of me?”

Cold sweat trickled down Shen lad’s forehead. He hurriedly shook his head. “No, no! Oh ho ho… how could I be afraid of you? You took such good care of me back then.”

Ling Yu said helplessly, “Brother Shen must be remembering wrong. I never took care of you. Rather, you loved bullying me—calling a group of kids to follow me and beat me up, and later even selling me to a male brothel.”

At this point, Ling Yu sighed, looking even more resigned. “Luckily I was young back then, and the procurer didn’t take it seriously. Otherwise, I’d have been in real trouble.”

Shen lad: ‼️

How can you accuse first like this?

And you say it so convincingly—have you no shame at all?

“No, back then—”

“Didn’t you lead a group of kids to follow me?”

“I did, but—”

“Didn’t you sell me to the brothel?”

“I did, but—”

“Don’t worry, Brother Shen. We were both young back then. I won’t hold it against you.” Ling Yu concluded with a smile.

Shen lad wanted to salvage the situation, but Tang Wan had already narrowed her eyes dangerously. She pointed at Shen lad, then turned to Doctor Li and said, “Charge him. Not a single coin less.”